Drishyam (2015)

Drishyam 2015: a family thriller rooted in a Malayalam original

Drishyam 2015 is the Hindi-language version of a Malayalam thriller that Jeethu Joseph wrote and directed in 2013. Nishikant Kamat directed the Hindi remake, and it reached Indian cinemas on 31 July 2015.

The setup, as publicly described, is domestic rather than glamorous. A cable TV operator in Goa lives an unremarkable life with his wife and two daughters. Then a local teenager goes missing, and the police inquiry begins to circle his household. Anything beyond that is better discovered while watching, so this page stays away from plot turns.

What is worth saying in a preview is the kind of film this appears to be: a slow-burn suspense drama where the pressure comes from ordinary people, small-town routines and a quiet contest of nerves between a father and a police officer, rather than from chases or gunfights. If you like thrillers that ask how far a parent would go, this is the territory it occupies.

Cast and crew: who is behind the camera and in front of it

According to the film's Wikipedia entry, Ajay Devgn plays Vijay Salgaonkar, the cable operator at the centre of the story, and Shriya Saran plays his wife, Nandini. Tabu is listed as IG Meera Deshmukh, the senior police officer, with Rajat Kapoor as her husband Mahesh. Ishita Dutta and Mrunal Jadhav play the two Salgaonkar daughters, Anju and Anu.

Behind the camera, Nishikant Kamat directs from a screenplay credited to Upendra Sidhaye, with Jeethu Joseph credited for the story. Kumar Mangat Pathak, Abhishek Pathak and Ajit Andhare are the producers, and the film is a joint effort of Panorama Studios and Viacom18 Motion Pictures. Vishal Bhardwaj is credited for the songs.

The pairing worth watching for is the one the plot itself sets up: an everyday father against a determined investigator. How the film stages that confrontation is something we cannot judge before seeing it, and we have not watched it.

Drishyam release date and where to watch

The Drishyam release date in India was 31 July 2015, according to the sources we checked; one database lists 30 July, which is probably a territory or time-zone difference. The running time is listed as 163 minutes on Wikipedia.

As for where to watch, we did not find a source confirming which streaming service currently carries the Hindi film, and platform catalogues change often. The practical step is to search the title with the year on your preferred OTT app, or check a listing site such as JustWatch. Make sure you pick the 2015 Hindi version, since the same story exists in Malayalam and other languages.

Who this suits, and what to keep in mind

Viewers who prefer character-driven suspense to action will probably find the most here. If you know the Malayalam original, expect a remake that follows its outline; if you do not, going in without reading the plot is the best way to enjoy a film of this type.

Note that this is a preview written from published information. We have not seen the film, so we make no claims about how well it is acted or paced.